Catalog Record:
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The scrapbooks of the Aero Club of America, an organization founded to promote aeronautics, were transferred to the Manuscript Division in 1954 from the Aeronautics Section in the Science Division of the Library of Congress. They were probably acquired for the Library by Albert F. Zahm, chief of the Aeronautical Division (later the Aeronautics Section in the Science Division), sometime between 1929 and 1946.
The collection was processed in 2005. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Related collections in other repositories include the papers of
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Aero Club of America is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The Aero Club of America Scrapbooks are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Aero Club of America Scrapbooks, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The scrapbooks of the Aero Club of America span the years 1891-1912. The club, founded in 1905 to promote the cause of aeronautics, was interested in the potential represented by flying machines. The collection consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, some of which predate the club’s founding by sixteen years, chronicling the advent of flight by airplane, airship, and other methods.
The collection include two sets of scrapbooks, those of the Aero Club of America and those of Hugh L. Willoughby. Willoughby, an aviation pioneer, was a founder of the organization.
Albert F. Zahm, also a founder of the Aero Club of America and chief of the Library of Congress Aeronautical Division from 1929 to 1946, appears to have obtained these scrapbooks on behalf of the Library.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by name and thereunder chronologically.